The Stamford Historical Society Presents

Portrait of a Family: Stamford through the Legacy of the Davenports

Stamford’s Colonial Period 1641–1783
Maps and Settlement Information

The Stamford of 1685

This map, from E. B. Huntington's History of Stamford, shows the original territory covered by the purchase of Capt. Turner for the Wethersfield dissidents. Shaded areas show the portions cut off for the new towns as they were organized. In 1700 the present town line was drawn on the north, leaving the land north of it in Pound Ridge, North Castle and Bedford, New York. In 1801 the northeast section of town was set off as part of New Canaan and in 1820, all land lying east of the Noroton river was incorporated as Darien.

Stamford 1681-1700

By this time many inhabitants of Stamford lived to the east, the north, and the west of the center of the village.

The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut
1641-1700
Jeanne Majdalany, Heritage Books 1991
by permission of the author

The numbers on the map are the key to the dwellings listed below.

Dwelling #	Owner(s)
1	Abraham Finch; John Finch (no house)
1A	Abraham Finch
2	Samuel Finch
3	Daniel Scofield
4	Samuel Dean
5	Samuel Dean?
6	Samuel Hardy; Thomas Wood; 1700 Samuel Weed
7	Isaac Finch
7A	1700 Samuel Blackley
7B	1700 Isaac Finch
8	Benjamin Guen; Joseph Stevens; Thomas Newman; Elisha Holly
9	Elisha Holly
10	Obadiah Stevens
11	Samuel Hoyt
12, 13	Jonathan & John Selleck; Peter Ferris; 1700 Joseph Ferris
14	Peter Ferris; Peter Ferris Jr.
15	John Bates; 1700 John Bates Jr.
16	Abraham Ambler d. 1700
17	Richard Ambler d. 1700
18	Heirs of John Jagger; Jonathan Jagger; 1700 Simon Chapman
19	Jonathan & John Selleck; Benjamin Hoyt
20	Sons of John Bishop; Ebenezer Bishop; Town and for parsonage; 1700 John Davenport
21	John Scofield
22	Daniel Weed; 1700 heirs of Daniel Weed
23	John Bishop 1700 Benjamin Bishop
24	Joseph Lockwood
25	Heirs of Richard Webb; 1700 Samuel Webb
26	John Pettit, d.; John Pettit; 1700 Jonas Weed, Jr.
27	Jonas Weed; 1700 Jonas Weed, Sr.
27A	Thomas Newman; Joseph Stevens; John Arnold; Moses Knap, Jr.; Henry Kimball; Daniel Weed, Jr.; 1700 Jonas Weed, Jr.
28	Heirs of Richard Webb; 1700 Samuel Webb
29	John Judson; Town House; Ebenezer Bishop; 1700 John Pettit
30	Moses Knap
31	Richard Scofield; 1700 John Smith
32, 33	John Weed; 1700 heirs of John Weed
34, 35	Jonathan Law
36	Joseph Garnsey; Zachariah Roberts; 1700 John Finch, Jr.
37	Joseph Stevens
38	Widow Sarah Selleck
39	Clement Buxton
40	John Holly (no house)
40A	Jonathan Holly; 1700 John Holly, Sr.
41	John Smith
42	Samuel Holly
43	Cornelius Jones, d. 1690; 1700 heirs of Cornelius Jones
44	Joseph Jones, d. 1690; 1700 heirs of Joseph Jones
45	John Gold?
46	Obadiah Seeley
47	Jonathan Holly
48	George Slason; 1700 Jonathan Waterbury
49	Jonathan Waterbury
50	Heirs of John Waterbury; widow Mary Waterbury
51	Francis Brown; Joseph Brown
52	Jonathan Selleck
53	Francis Bell; Jonathan Bell
53A	Jonathan Bell
54	John Slason
55	John Crissy; 1700 John Bishop
56	Stephen Holmes
57	Daniel Newman; 1700 Thomas Newman
58	Jeremiah Andrews; John Finch; 1700 John Pettit
59	John Bates, Sr.
60	Jeremiah Jagger; 1700 heirs of Jeremiah Jagger
61	Caleb Knap
62	John Austin; 1700 heirs of John Austin
63	Increase Holly
64	Francis Brown (moved to Rye in 1686); Joseph Brown

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Introduction Stamford’s Colonial Period 1641-1783 The Later 18th Century and Stamford’s American Revolution The Coming of the Railroad, Immigrants and Industrialization John Davenport: The American Career of an International Puritan (Francis J. Bremer) Davenports gather to launch exhibit at Historical Society Elizabeth Davenport Spence 1907-1998 (The Benefactress)

John Davenport 1597-1669/70 (The Founder) John Davenport 1669-1730/31 Abraham Davenport 1715-1789 James Davenport 1716-1755 John Davenport 1752-1830 James Davenport 1758-1797 Theodore Davenport 1792-1884 Theodore Davenport Jr. 1834-1913 John Davenport 1840-1910 Abraham Davenport 1767-1837 Amzi Benedict Davenport 1817-1894 Benjamin Butler Davenport 1871-1958

Noah Welles 1718-1776 Galen Carter 1832-1893 Samuel Fessenden 1847-1908 Charles Henry Crandall 1858-1923 Charles Davenport Lockwood 1877-1949 Davenport Coat of Arms Davenport Homestead The Dark Day